lars_petersen's Reviews

Beautiful vintage single coil sounds combined with powerful Explorer like humbucker sounds

24 frets and a Floyd Rose Tremolo System, perfectly painted body. One volume poti for the bridge PU, another one for middle and neck PUs. Then there is a mastertone control as a push / pull poti for switching the neck PU from single coil to humbucker. A mini switch gives you the possibility to activate the bridge PU anytime, seperated from the rest straight to the outlet, which gives you a powerful boost. A wide range of sounds from beautiful tender ones to mighty heavy punch. A dream of a guitar!

Comfortable Power Station

Electricity without end, that´s what you get from the Palmer PWT 05 MK2. Nothing to complain about, that also means the solid quality. Although only developed in Germany but built in China it is very stable and wheighs 1,5 kg, suitable for every stage. The 5 power sockets deliver 9V each with up to 250mA. Because of the galvanic separation of the sockets you can really hear no trace of buzzing or humming. Top! It covers lots of power hungry effect devices. If you need more power you can even put together 2 sockets per wire. Then the wire gets delivered 500mA. The same is also possible if you need 18V instead of 9V. With the included Daisy Chain cable you can even connect up to 5 less power hungry effect devices to one socket. All in all the PWT 05 is a great power supply for smaller to middle sized pedalboards.

Great sounds especially with the added tube signal!

It looks like Blackstar isn´t producing this effect pedal anymore but I was lucky to find a second hand one for a decent price via Reverb. I think the original price for a new one between 220 and 300 € was quite fair for what you get: eight different modulation effects with a clever and effective addition, an ECC83 tube. The basic sound of the effects is already pretty good and balanced but by adding the tube signal it gets pushed in dynamic and pressure. As bonus features you get the robust workmanship and the possibility to use it in stereo mode.

A lot of strong features, at least for musicians who can live without saving their fave settings. What is missing is a tap tempo function via footswitch. Instead of this you get the possibility to choose between two variations for every effect.

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Brilliant but never harsh sounding wah

No need to tell much about Dunlop Wah Wah pedals. Almost every serious guitar player has used one someday.

This Dimebag Darell signature model offers a wide frequence range; a 5-way-switch to choose between them, an adjustable boost for guitar solos and a Q-Regulator like a parametric EQ for the width of the boosted sound area. You can create all kinds of wah sounds, to me they all sound pretty good.

As a bonus the pedal ist very stable.

Outstanding effect

The Whammy effect is one of the very few outstanding effects which gained world fame through its uniqueness. There is nothing comparable apart from being a Whammy copy. It´s immensely recognizable, the signal quality is outstanding.

Integrated with intelligence into the tonal context the DigiTech Whammy DT enables unique effects which boost the electric guitar and its expression into regions of a synthesizer without losing the guitar approach and expression. Traditional as well as experimental sounds can be done without any problems without being forced to use mechanical techniques like vibrato systems or neck bending. If you want a Whammy effect you need DigiTech!

Great sounds for a good price

Impressive good sounding effect processor in pedal format. The price of about 130 € is extremely affordable concerning what you get for it.

Easy robust budget friendly digital delay for standard using!

If you look for an really uncomplicated, robust and budget friendly digital delay for standard using you can´t go wrong with the Boss DD-3T. The 3T finally adds the tap tempo function for playing with other instruments. But there are some opponents on the market at the same price range who are offering more sound flexibility. Boss is offering an alternative with the not much more expensive DD-8. In the end it´s up to how you want to use it.

Built clean and robust, simple operating, tap tempo option, original sound quality, soundwise and functional limited.

Matches all professional expectations!

Simple, bright shining display, usable also for 7-String-Guitars and 6-String-Basses, fast and exact tuning in every situation, robust built, compact measures, no microphon for tuning acoustic instruments.

Impressive!

The size of a large stompbox with 100 watts. Versatile, four highly customizable channels. Great tone. Power, interface design, versatility, and tone quality at a small space. Solid quality, Simple controls, Great product!

Classic distortion when you need it

Classic distortion pedal. Compared to BOSS overdrive pedals the distortion sound is more rough and agressive, orientated at british amp stacks but far away from toneless fuzz sound of older distortion effects. Good item for friends of the harder edge although with level, distortion and tone EQ you can also choose softer sounds.

My first guitar amp and still in use

Maybe a bit of an underdog in Marshall Amplifier history but I still love it after more than 30 years of using. Some say it´s one of Marshall's best solid state amp. Plenty of great tone variation and a cool reverb as well. From clean to overdrive. All works as it should and sounds great, includes a nice Celestion speaker.

State of the art chorus.

EQ allows very brilliant and clean chorus sounds but of course also different settings are possible. You can play it mono but it´s also possible to connect a second amp at output B.

Great practice amp

Grat sound at low volume, perfect to practise in your flat.

Classic

If you know rock music you know the wah. I love it as an lead effect but even more as a mid boost for my distorted sound.

Simply beautiful

Beautiful classical guitar, warm sound, great to play. My fave classical guitar.

Great steel string acoustic

A rocker´s acoustic steel string choice, beautiful sound, good to play, lead or rhythm.

Classic

The classic rock bass, isn´t it? The standard for all.

Classic

Love it for more than 24 years. Design, sound, fretboard feel, doesn´t get any better than this to me.

Killer axe

Became my most used axe quickly, what else to say?

Great affordable Axe

Playing Flying Vs eclusively for 24 years this is my first Strat type axe for decades and I love it. Great sound, especially distorted. Clever electronic features, I can really recommend this if you´re looking for an affordable universal sound weapon, sadly it isn´t produced anymore. Found a good offer on ebay..